All America Has To Do To Stay On Top Is Out-Invent Chinahttp://www.businessinsider.com/all-america-has-to-do-to-stay-on-top-is-out-invent-china-2012-5/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Fri, 18 Aug 2017 02:13:08 -0400Jennifer Robisonhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4fb3dc676bb3f7452c00000bBrewskieWed, 16 May 2012 12:57:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4fb3dc676bb3f7452c00000b
China's climb in the patent ranks is bunk, too. Again, a lot of them are based on stolen intellectual property. Filing for patents in China is cakey, too: "So easy, a carny can do it" is what I always say.
One guy I know who's filed patents in the US and China said he never saw it easier in China: a couple of hours, little examination of details, not much scrutiny. Like I said: so easy, a carny can do it.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4fb3db996bb3f74c2c000002BrewskieWed, 16 May 2012 12:53:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4fb3db996bb3f74c2c000002
At the present that's not hard. China can't invent: all they do is steal & copy, often with bad results. James Dyson's "air multiplier" system has been infringed upon over 100 times; the nation's chock-full of cheap, crappy "me too" imitations of established brands. Ever buy any of the imitations of Energizer batteries - see how quickly they crap out?
China's patent system has what's called "first to file": essentially what it allows is any Chinese, or person for that matter, who spots a piece of privy intellectual property patented in another country, that hasn't been patented in China, claim it, patent it, and get rich off of it. That's why you can't walk more than 50 yards out of a KFC in China without having your great "eureka" being copied 20 times; it spreads like a rampant disease.
While great at stealing, China's not so great at reverse engineering. Good examples are the high-speed locomotives, whose designs were stolen from Siemens AG and Japanese companies. Next Big Future - whose founder, Brian Wang, is a huge China bull - laid a glossy piece ooozing of praise about China's high-speed locomotives: carbon fiber and magnesium frames!?!? WTF!? Ask any avid biker how long those last. The high-speed rail system is already experiencing a slew of problems now; wait 10 years to see how the bad construction eats the "miracle" up.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4fb32707ecad047664000011TEPWed, 16 May 2012 00:03:19 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4fb32707ecad047664000011
Yes we can. It's called having the courage to exercise our right per article 16, and withdraw from that Cold War relic, the Outer Space Treaty of 1967. Then announce we will go back to the Moon and use 'national sovereign power' (Treaty prohibits) to recognize, protect, and police the property rights of those who discover anything or develop any commercial process there (i.e. metals, nanotech, drugs, etc). It'll be a whole new ballgame with the Chinese.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4fb2e5adeab8ea714400000cAndrew HallTue, 15 May 2012 19:24:29 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4fb2e5adeab8ea714400000c
"For one thing, that's not true. China can innovate. But they don't have a culture that understands the power of engaged workers. Right now, they just out-low-cost-manufacture the world." --Jim Clifton
This is the best three-line summary of the issue as it stands, and it points to the problems with China's current transition to capitalism. They still don't quite get the notion that workers who are allowed to be both personally and financially invested in the businesses that they work for are generally much more motivated than workaday wage slaves.
Quite honestly, I doubt anyone can stop China from overtaking the world numerically; their GDP will one day (and possibly sooner rather than later) be greater than America's via sheer force of population alone. But I see America and Japan as more likely to continue to produce the innovations and technologies that drive change, because they both have more empowered worker populations, as well as venture capital cultures actively seeking to produce innovation; and the standard of living will almost certainly remain higher in America and Japan as well.